?The stakes aren?t low anymore. We may well need to fight less fiercely and rally together somewhat more often,? Mitch Daniels tells his university.

Written by

Mitch Daniels
Purdue University President

Words on paper cannot adequately convey the sense of honor and gratitude with which I joined your ranks this week. I accepted Purdue's presidency last June with a sense of profound respect for all that this historic institution represents, but the intervening half year has only served to deepen that conviction.

I have tried to use the time afforded by the first-semester interim to learn all I could from and about you. I have made spare-time and weekend "field trips" to the campus, totaling some seventeen days. These trips have featured briefings on all the ...